Puzzle.



A. B. & R. F. CARTY.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FIE-ED SEPT. 9. 190a.

Patented June 22, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

ALTON B. OARl Y AND ROY F. GARTY, OF WASHING Old, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

" PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented June 22, 1909;

Application filed September 9, 1908. Serial No. 452,292.

the following is a specification.

()ur invention pertains to puzzles; and it contemplates the provision of a puzzle which while susceptible of being cheaply produced requires considerable study and skill in its solution, and is therefore calculated to att'ord considerable diversion and entertaimnent to adults as well as to children.

\Vith the foregoing in mind the nature of the invention and its novelty and utility will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which: v Figure l is a general view of the puzzle constituting the best practical embodiment of our invention of which we are cognizant,

,as't'he same appears when ready to be worked out or'solved. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l but showing the puzzle as solved and the movable member ready to be placed in the holding means, preferably an aperture, provided for its reception. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view illustrating the body of the puzzle in edge elevation and also illustrating in an open state the several loops of the cord comprised in the puzzle. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views illustrative of manipulations of the cord and movable member resorted to in working the puzzle.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

A is the body of our novel puzzle, which for the sake of cheapncss is preferably in the form of a card of pasteboard or other suit.- able material. The said body is provided at t with a socket or holding means, preferably in the form of an aperture, and at two other points, preferably near the corners of the body remote from the. socket a, the body is provided with comparatively small apertures b and c the. walls of which are preferably protected by eyelets (l as shown.

In addition to the body A our novel uzzle comprises a movable member B, an an pr eferably of the same configuration as and ot a size to snugly occupy the holding means The movable member B is act the body A, and its aperture is preferably protected by an eyelet f. The endless cord'C is carried through the holdin means a and the apertures I) and c of the Body A, and through the aperture f of the movable member B, and is looped after the manner best shown in Fig. 3.

Normally the movable member B is arranged as shown in Fig. 1, relative to the' body A and the cord C, and the solution to be gained is the placing of the member B in the holding means a b mani )ulation of the said member Band t e cord C relative to the body A. In this connection it is well to state that we contemplate providing the holding means a in a picture provided on the face of the body A and representing the White House.

The puzzle is solved as follows: The first step looking toward the solution of the puzzle consists in passin the movable member B through the loop 1 o. 1 in Fig. 1, after which the said loop No. 1 is drawn downwardly through the aperture 0 in the body A. .In this way two 100 s numbered 2 and 3 are provided below the ody A as shown in a solving the puzzle.

It will be obvious from the fore oin that any desired picture may be emp oye in lieu of the White House, or the picture may be altogether omitted without involving departure .from the scope of our invention as defined in the claims ap ended; also, that either one movable mem r may be employed on the cord C or two or more movable members in the discretion of the manufacturer of the puzzle.

Because of its simplicity, inexpensiveness and amusement-atfording qualities our novel puzzle constitutes a valuable advertising medium and may be used to advantage as such even when given away in large numbers. Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: /v

1. A puzzle comprising a movable memher, a body having l'iolulng means in the aperture of the body and having a loop exform of an aperture to fit the member and tending thronghthe remaining aperture of also having other apertures, and an endless the body, said loop receiving portions of the cord on which said member is movable, ex cord at one side of the body. tending'through the holding means and the. apertures of'the body. our hands in presence of two subscribing 2. A puzzle comprising a movable memwitnesses. ber,.'a body having holding means in the ALTON B. CARTY.

ROY F. CARTY.

form of an aperture to fit the member and also having other apertures, antl an endless eorcl on which said member is movable, tending through the holding means and one lVitnesses H. C. liloCAnoELL, A. Ln loY MCCARDELL.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto 

